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1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Menabenus, Apollonius

1551 - 1661
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Kepler, Johannes

1571 - 1630
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Allen, Elias

1588 - 1653
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

Napier, John

1550 - 1617
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

Stansby, William

1572 - 1609
1557-1619, Holy Roman Emperor, 1612-1619

Matthias

1557 - 1619
1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Chifflet, Jean-Jacques

1588 - 1660
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Plancius, Petrus

1552 - 1622
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio, Santorio

1561 - 1636
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Rubens, Peter Paul

1577 - 1640
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van

1577 - 1644
1569-1662, Catholic priest; metallurgist, active in Bolivia, Spanish

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Molyneux, Emery

1560 - 1506
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

Hedges, Nick

194
1581-current (2010), art gallery, Florence, Italy, Italian

Uffizi Gallery Florence

1581
1568-current (2011), stately home; safari park, English; British

Longleat House

1568
1552-, school, London, England

Christ's Hospital

1552
1572-current (2010), religious order, Italian

Fate Bene Fratelli (Brotherhood)

1572